{"id":9356,"date":"2024-09-13T18:16:33","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T18:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/?p=9356"},"modified":"2025-05-21T05:18:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T05:18:26","slug":"six-obvious-ai-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/six-obvious-ai-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing","title":{"rendered":"Six common words and phrases used by AI to avoid in your writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"main-content\" data-grid=\"col-12\">\n<p class=\"c-paragraph-3\">Generative AI is a welcome assistant to the field of writing, but if you lean on AI too much, your text might sound machine-generated. Learn which common AI words to avoid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"full-bleed-image\">\n    <picture class=\"c-image\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Six-obvious-AI-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:767px) and (max-width:1600px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Six-obvious-AI-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" media=\"(min-width:540px) and (max-width:767px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Six-obvious-AI-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m365contenthub.wpengine.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Six-obvious-AI-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing-1600x600-1.jpg\" alt=\"A person in a brown sweater typing on a laptop at a table\" \/>\n    <\/picture>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"links-menu\">\n<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/six-obvious-ai-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing#reasons-not-to-use-common-ai-words\">Why shouldn\u2019t you use common AI words?<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<li>\n            <a href=\"\/en-us\/microsoft-365-life-hacks\/everyday-ai\/six-obvious-ai-words-to-avoid-in-your-writing#list-of-words-overused-by-ai\">List of words overused by AI<\/a>\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI-generated text without a human touch may sound too much like AI. 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